Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

1812-02-07 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK 207 Credits

Biography

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth-century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. Description above from the Wikipedia Charles Dickens licensed ...

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Christmas Karma

2025

Novel

A story of an Indian who votes for the Conservative Party and hates refugees.

Utshob

Utshob

2025

Novel

8.6

On the eve of Eid, a grumpy, miserly loner Jahangir is visited by three mysterious guests, claiming to be ghosts. As they make him revisit his past, J...

The King of Kings

The King of Kings

2025

Novel

8.5

Charles Dickens tells his young son Walter the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vi...

Merry Moisex

Merry Moisex

2024

Novel

When Moisex declares his hatred for Christmas, Kevin sets out to change his mind by creating a short film. This documentary captures their journey of ...

Carol

Carol

2024

Novel

Self-centered Solomon Lynch takes a journey through his past, present, and future. But it takes more than Christmas spirit to set things right in this...

National Theatre Live: London Tide

National Theatre Live: London Tide

2024

Original Story

Writing

A storm rages and, in the darkest part of the night, a body is pulled from the swirling river. Across the city, two young women confront an uncertain ...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2023

Novel

10.0

A Christmas classic revisited in dance form at the Finnish National Opera: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It's the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a g...

Nae Expectations

2023

Novel

Pip is just your average wee guy – happy with his lot and not much of a complainer (though you really wouldn’t blame him if he was!). Regularly tortur...

Christmas Carole

Christmas Carole

2022

Novel

6.0

Carole Mackay is an unashamedly outspoken and wealthy entrepreneur. Her online business selling all things festive has earned her a fortune, as well a...

A New Diva's Christmas Carol

A New Diva's Christmas Carol

2022

Novel

6.2

Aphrodite was made famous back in the day for performing THE timeless love song of the era. The song that everyone plays at their weddings, in every s...

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

2022

Book

8.5

It’s a cold Christmas Eve and mean-spirited miser Ebenezer Scrooge has an unexpected visit from the spirit of his former business partner Jacob Marley...

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

2022

Novel

6.8

On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past — and change the future — before time runs out.

The Prince of Rome

The Prince of Rome

2022

Novel

5.8

In 19th-century Papal Rome, Bartolomeo is a wealthy and greedy parvenu who craves a noble title. While trying to raise the money he needs to strike a ...

Spirited

Spirited

2022

Novel

6.9

Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the ...

National Theatre Live: Oliver Twist

National Theatre Live: Oliver Twist

2022

Book

Born into poverty and misfortune, Oliver Twist escapes the workhouse for a life of adventure where he joins Artful Dodger, Fagin, and their mischievou...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2021

Novel

10.0

Businessman Ebenezer Scrooge’s sizable bank account is only matched by his disdain for the holidays. But one fateful Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2021

Novel

9.8

Three spirits have come to visit the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, and to take him on a fantastic journey through Christmases past, present, and future th...

Yellow River

2020

Novel

Behind the scenes at the original Fast and Furious afterparty, the mysterious death of Playboy model Felicia Tang haunts 2000s Hollywood. Testimony by...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2020

Novel

7.3

The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the corrupting influence...

Milwaukee Rep: A Christmas Carol

Milwaukee Rep: A Christmas Carol

2020

Novel

Milwaukee Rep’s hit new adaptation is a tale of love, hope and redemption with just the right blend of beautiful music, lively dancing, stunning sets ...

Estella Scrooge

Estella Scrooge

2020

Novel

10.0

Estella Scrooge is a Wall Street tycoon with a penchant for foreclosing. A hotelier in her hometown of Pickwick, Ohio has defaulted on his mortgage an...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2020

Novel

10.0

The turkeys are hanging in the butchers shop on Gloucester Road, the Christmas Steps are decked with holly, but Christmas Eve is a bleak night for mis...

A LEGO Christmas Carol: A Brickfilm

2020

Novel

Based on the classic novel by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts to help him change his greedy way through the spirit of Chr...

Canto di Natale

Canto di Natale

2020

Novel

A modern version of Charles Dickens work. Gioele is a modern-day Scrooge, who hates Christmas but will end up changing his mind, also thanks to the lo...

FX's A Christmas Carol

FX's A Christmas Carol

2019

Novel

7.2

London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2019

Novel

8.0

Ellen Scrooge, a demanding egocentric owner of a pharmaceutical company, adamantly continues to work her employees on Christmas Eve, but she is soo...

The Personal History of David Copperfield

The Personal History of David Copperfield

2019

Novel

6.4

A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chron...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2018

Novel

4.7

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

A Frozen Christmas Carol

A Frozen Christmas Carol

2018

Novel

Hop on Santa's sleigh for a ride of a lifetime! This holiday season, Santa and his trusty sidekick, Lear the reindeer, tell the magical classic tale o...

The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017

Novel

6.8

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, ...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2015

Novel

4.3

When the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge receives ghostly visitations one fateful Christmas Eve, he is shown the error of his ways.

The Signalman

2015

Original Story

Writing

A railroad signalman is haunted by a series of otherworldly events in this adaptation of a Charles Dickens short story. Are they truly ghostly manifes...

All American Christmas Carol

All American Christmas Carol

2013

Novel

4.2

A white-trash mom is visited by three ghosts intent on showing her a path to a brighter future.

Scrooge & Marley

Scrooge & Marley

2012

Novel

4.4

A modern day, queer variation on Charles Dickens' classic story of the holidays, "A Christmas Carol." On Christmas Eve, Ben Scrooge, the man who hates...

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

2012

Novel

6.4

Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's Uncle Pumblechook to find a boy ...

It's Christmas, Carol!

It's Christmas, Carol!

2012

Novel

5.6

The story of driven, heartless, publishing executive, Carol Huffman, who on Christmas Eve is visited by the ghost of her former boss, Eve. Eve tells C...

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

2012

Novel

5.8

On the anniversary of Jacob Marley's death, his business partner Ebenezer Scrooge finds unwelcome company in the form of three spirits from Christmase...

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

2011

Novel

6.7

When Grouchy Smurf behaves badly to everyone and refuses to celebrate Christmas, the Smurfs of Christmas Past, Present and Future teach him to appreci...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2009

Novel

6.9

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

2009

Novel

4.8

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relations...

Barbie in 'A Christmas Carol'

Barbie in 'A Christmas Carol'

2008

Novel

7.2

On Christmas Eve, Kelly is reluctant to go to a Christmas Eve ball, so Barbie tells her the story of Eden Starling, a glamorous singing diva in the Vi...

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

2007

Novel

5.0

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his...

Dombey and Son

Dombey and Son

2007

Novel

The dream of Charles Dombais, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, his wife dies shortly ...

The Carol Project

The Carol Project

2006

Novel

10.0

A ghost story with timeless lessons of greed, love, loss and redemption.

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

2006

Novel

6.2

Oscar the Grouch is visited by three ghosts in an attempt to teach him the true meaning of Christmas.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2006

Novel

6.2

On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his li...

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

2005

Novel

6.7

An adaptation of the classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who a...

Christmas at Deejay's House: A Christmas Carol

Christmas at Deejay's House: A Christmas Carol

2004

Novel

6.5

The cast of Radio Deejay reinterprets "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2004

Novel

6.4

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

Boy Called Twist

2004

Novel

5.5

The harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Dickens' classic story. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist ...

VeggieTales: An Easter Carol

VeggieTales: An Easter Carol

2004

Novel

5.4

Ebenezer Nezzer is out of control! He's trying to make Easter bigger than ever by filling London with plastic eggs! But just how hard can his mechanic...

Twist

Twist

2003

Novel

5.2

In a gritty retelling of the Dickens's classic, Twist takes Oliver and the Artful Dodger out of the poorhouse and onto the streets, where junk is the ...

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

2002

Novel

6.9

Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly...

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

2001

Novel

6.2

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relations...

Cricket Behind the Hearth

Cricket Behind the Hearth

2001

Novel

4.3

An almost detective story that could lead to terrible injustice. But good is strong, although sometimes naive. Wise Cricket will not allow "to go out ...

Christmas Carol: The Movie

Christmas Carol: The Movie

2001

Novel

5.1

Animated version of the classic Charles Dickens story. Warned by the ghost of his old business partner Marley that his sins would lead to punishment i...

Scrooge and Marley

Scrooge and Marley

2001

Novel

10.0

Ebenezer Scrooge is back in a made-for-TV film produced by Coral Ridge Ministries. The ill-tempered miser is played by skilled Christian actor Dean Jo...

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

2001

Novel

7.9

A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.

A Diva's Christmas Carol

A Diva's Christmas Carol

2000

Novel

6.1

In this remake of Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol", a cold-hearted superstar singer gets a reality check when she meets three Christmas sp...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2000

Novel

6.3

A modern version of the classic Dickens tale, in which Eddie Scrooge is a mean loan shark who sees the error of his ways.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1999

Novel

6.9

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

The Chimes

The Chimes

1999

Writer

7.0
Writing

A claymation adaptation of "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In". The Chimes was a short novel by Cha...

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1999

Novel

6.3

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imag...

Ebenezer

Ebenezer

1998

Novel

3.0

A Wild West retelling of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol," with Scrooge as a land baron, gunfighter, and card cheat who is visited by three spirits who at...

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1998

Novel

6.6

Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and t...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1997

Novel

6.3

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

Ms. Scrooge

Ms. Scrooge

1997

Novel

5.2

Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She ha...

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1997

Novel

6.2

Charles Dickens' classical story about the young orphan boy in 1837 England is again re-filmed in grand fashion. Richard Dreyfuss portrays Fagin, the ...

The Astors: High Society

The Astors: High Society

1996

as Self (photo)

Acting

The very name conjures up images of the good life black tie affairs and high society balls. Yet their long saga proves that money is no guarantee of h...

Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas

Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas

1995

Novel

7.1

'Tis the season to be cool, as Beavis and Butt-Head star in their own twisted version of two holiday classics. The ghosts of Christmas past, present, ...

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

1995

Novel

6.3

1839. The young Nell Trent is leading a happy life with her grandfather in his curiosity shop. Wharf owner Daniel Quilp has given large amounts of mon...

Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

1994

Novel

6.0

An abridged dramatic reading of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", performed live at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, and based on Dickens'...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1994

Novel

10.0

A ballet version of the famous Dickens classic.

A Flintstones Christmas Carol

A Flintstones Christmas Carol

1994

Novel

6.7

Fred is cast as Ebenezer Scrooge in a stage adaption of the classic Christmas story, but is acting a bit stingy in real life.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1994

Novel

6.8

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

1993

Novel

5.9

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relations...

The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992

Novel

7.4

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time vis...

Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol

Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol

1992

Novel

6.3

When Brer Rabbit learns that Brer Fox is planning to evict Brer Bear on Christmas, he decides to teach the fox a lesson. Brer Rabbit gets the townspeo...

The Nutcracker: A Christmas Story

The Nutcracker: A Christmas Story

1992

Novel

The storm is really getting bad out there. Come on in and sit by the fire, enjoy the tree, make yourself a hot cup of Cocoa and enjoy the classic tale...

Scrooged

Scrooged

1988

Novel

6.8

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after fi...

Oliver & Company

Oliver & Company

1988

Novel

6.7

A young cat named Oliver is left alone in a kitten box, while all the other young cats have new owners. A big dog named Dodger shows him how to get fo...

Hard Times

Hard Times

1988

Novel

6.8

A film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times" set in a Portuguese industrial town of the 1980s.

Pan Pickwick

1988

Novel

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

1987

Novel

6.5

A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young sea...

Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories

1987

Novel

7.5

Charles Dickens' 'Ghost Stories' from the Pickwick Papers. The Ghost in the Wardrobe: A young law student moves into an old rooming house haunted by a...

The Adventures of Oliver Twist

The Adventures of Oliver Twist

1987

Novel

6.7

An animated adaptation of the Charles Dickens book.

Great Expectations: The Untold Story

Great Expectations: The Untold Story

1987

Writer

6.0
Writing

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Christmas

Christmas

1986

Story

Writing

An adaptation of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol " with Robert Guillaume as John Grin, the Scrooge character. His son Kevin has a role as the Bob Cratchit...

The Pickwick Club

The Pickwick Club

1986

Novel

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

1985

Novel

4.0

One twenty-year old boy, driven by what is right and just, overcomes the forces of unconscionable greed. This classic tale of human nature is brought ...

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1985

Novel

5.0

Adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens.

A Christmas Carol

1984

Writer

Writing

On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his li...

Čarovná rybí kostička

1984

Novel

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1984

Novel

7.5

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

1984

Novel

The classic fictional tale of Little Nell and her grandfather, animated by Burbank Films Australia.

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

1984

Novel

5.0

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment...

The Gospel According to Scrooge

The Gospel According to Scrooge

1983

Novel

10.0

Closely follows the original with a twist of Ebenezer Scrooge making one choice that changes more than just his life. It was a fateful Christmas Eve t...

Mickey's Christmas Carol

Mickey's Christmas Carol

1983

Novel

7.6

Ebenezer Scrooge is far too greedy to understand that Christmas is a time for kindness and generosity. But with the guidance of some new found friends...

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

1983

Novel

5.0

The classic tale of David Copperfield's life is brought to the screen in this faithful and entertaining animated feature for your kids and family.

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1983

Novel

2.0

The classic tale of the helpless orphan Pip and his anonymous benefactor is brought to life in this high quality entertaining animated feature for you...

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1982

Author

5.5

This animated version of the classic Charles Dickens book faithfully follows the adventures of the young orphan Oliver Twist.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1982

Novel

7.1

In this timeless Charles Dickens Story, Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean, miserly merchant, lacking in any Christmas Spirit, receives ominous warnings from th...

A Vintage Detective Story

A Vintage Detective Story

1982

Short Story

Writing

A two-part television play based on "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe and "Hunted Down" by Charles Dickens.

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1982

Novel

6.7

The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.

A Christmas Carol

1981

Novel

Televised stage performance based on Charles Dickens' novella.

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

1980

Novel

5.7

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1980

Novel

7.0

In Closterham, Edwin Drood and Rose Button confront his uncle John Jasper, the church choir regent, and Edwin fights Neville Landles, who is in love w...

A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre

A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre

1979

Novel

3.0

On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his li...

Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol

Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol

1979

Novel

5.5

Charled Dicken's tale A Christmas Carol takes a contemporary jolt in this original musical set in modern-day Tennessee. Cyrus Flint is a mean old bank...

An American Christmas Carol

An American Christmas Carol

1979

Novel

6.2

In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is vis...

The Stingiest Man in Town

The Stingiest Man in Town

1978

Novel

5.1

This cartoon version of A Christmas Carol hails from the production house of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass--the team that brought you just about ev...

Scrooge

Scrooge

1978

Novel

9.8

On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his li...

Rich Little's Christmas Carol

Rich Little's Christmas Carol

1978

Novel

6.2

In this one-man show starring Rich Little, Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas, and it's up to the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to convin...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1977

Novel

6.6

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

The Signalman

The Signalman

1976

Short Story

6.9
Writing

A traveller comes across a signalman stationed by the exit of a railway tunnel in a deep cutting. The traveller becomes familiar with the signalman, a...

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

1975

Novel

4.5

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his...

Dombey & Son

Dombey & Son

1974

Writer

Writing

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly...

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1974

Novel

5.0

In this animated version of Charles Dickens' classic novel, we see the story of young Oliver Twist, a boy orphaned at birth and left to grow up under ...

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1974

Novel

6.2

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Příběh se starou lenoškou

1972

Short Story

Writing
Записки Пиквикского клуба

Записки Пиквикского клуба

1972

Novel

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1971

Novel

7.1

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

Scrooge

Scrooge

1970

Novel

6.9

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

Carry On Christmas

Carry On Christmas

1969

Novel

6.2

Ebenezer Scrooge is a misery on Christmas, not allowing people money or doing anything to share Christmas cheer around his employees or acquaintances....

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

1969

Novel

5.4

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relations...

Oliver!

Oliver!

1968

Novel

7.0

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys he...

Cricket on the Hearth

Cricket on the Hearth

1967

Novel

5.0

A delightful, animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale. A Cricket on the Hearth, tells the story of a poor toymaker and his daughter ...

Christmas Carole

Christmas Carole

1966

Novel

6.7

A moral fable, loosely based on Dickens.

Oliver Twist

1965

Novel

The fate of little Oliver, from life among the coffins, through a stay with the thief Fagin, to his fatal participation in a theft, which fortunately ...

Mr. Scrooge

Mr. Scrooge

1964

Novel

10.0

A Christmas Carol retelling

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1962

Novel

10.0

Opera version of the novella by Charles Dickens.

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

1962

Original Story

6.3
Writing

In this animated musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge - via Mr. Magoo's starring performance in a stage productio...

Manik

Manik

1961

Novel

Manik is mentally and physically abused by the manager of the orphanage he lives in. However, when he runs away to Calcutta, he finds himself in deepe...

A Christmas Carol

1960

Novel

On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his li...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1959

Novel

8.4

Another version of the Dickens classic. Originally an episode of Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens. Later released on home video on it's own...

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

1958

Novel

6.7

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment...

The Stingiest Man in Town

The Stingiest Man in Town

1956

Novel

3.5

This is a musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Ebenezer Scrooge is given a chance to reform and save his soul. He is visited by 4 ...

Story of the Christmas Carol

1955

Novel

On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his li...

The Merry Christmas

1955

Novel

Musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

An Orphan's Tragedy

An Orphan's Tragedy

1955

Original Story

7.0
Writing

Rascal To Chai-yan brings a false charge of selling fake medicine against doctor Fan Tin-sang, who is sentented to a twenty-year imprisonment. Fan mak...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1954

Novel

6.3

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

It's Never Too Late

It's Never Too Late

1953

Novel

5.0
The Pickwick Papers

The Pickwick Papers

1952

Novel

6.7

The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...

Scrooge

Scrooge

1951

Novel

7.4

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show ...

A Christmas Carol

1950

Novel

On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his li...

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1948

Novel

7.5

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Esc...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1947

Novel

A Christmas Carol

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

1947

Novel

6.5

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1946

Novel

7.3

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman....

A Christmas Carol

1943

Novel

An early experimental television broadcast of Dickens's famous novel.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1940

Story

10.0
Writing

Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Filmed in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Preserved by the Oesterreichisches Filmmsuem, Vienna and Temenos Archive, Zuric...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1938

Novel

7.0

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

1935

Novel

6.8

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment...

Scrooge

Scrooge

1935

Novel

6.0

Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of h...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935

Novel

5.5

A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

1935

Novel

6.7

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relations...

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

1934

Novel

5.3

An elderly shop-keeper and his grand-daughter are threatened by the rich, mean-spirited dwarf Quilp, and decide to flee across England to escape him. ...

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1934

Novel

6.2

A young boy, Pip, encounters an escaped prisoner, Magwitch, and steals food for him. After the convict is captured, Pip meets the reclusive Miss Havis...

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1933

Novel

4.8

An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.

Rich Man's Folly

Rich Man's Folly

1931

Novel

4.5

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly...

Scrooge

Scrooge

1928

Novel

10.0

The miserly Scrooge changes his ways after being haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve.

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

1924

Novel

Amy Dorrit – nicknamed Little Dorrit – was born in Marshalsea debtors prison, where her father has been incarcerated for a minor debt for the last 23 ...

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

1922

Novel

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relations...

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1922

Novel

6.3

Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring u...

Bleak House

1922

Novel

Part of serial Tense Moments from Great Plays.

Le grillon du foyer

1922

Novel

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1922

Novel

A charitable childhood deed holds fateful consequences for poor Pip. An anonymous benefactor paves the way for Pip’s transformation and subsequent soc...

A Tale of Two Cities

1922

Novel

The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick

1921

Novel

A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.

Our Mutual Friend

Our Mutual Friend

1921

Novel

6.8

A fisherman finds a corpse in a river, and he turns out to have been the victim of murder. The dead man is John Harmon, a millionaire’s son who was ju...

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

1920

Novel

A jailed debtor refuses to marry an heiress until she loses her fortune and he gains another. A roughly 20-minute condensation of the original British...

Bleak House

Bleak House

1920

Novel

'The story of Lady Dedlock's secret and the tragic consequences of its exposure.' (British Film Institute)

Oliver Twist

1919

Novel

Klein Doortje

Klein Doortje

1917

Novel

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

1917

Novel

4.8

At the outbreak of the French Revolution, Charles Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned former family servant. He is himself imprisoned and con...

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1917

Novel

The Right to Be Happy

The Right to Be Happy

1916

Story

10.0
Writing

Considered to be lost.

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1916

Novel

An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their ...

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1914

Novel

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1914

Story

6.2
Writing

A miser is reformed by visions of past, present and future.

The Chimes

1914

Novel

The Adventure of the Shooting Party

1913

Novel

3.0

The lost 3rd part of the film The Pickwick Papers, directed by Laurence Trimble, appeared in 1913. This silent three-reel adaptation of Charles Dicken...

Scrooge

Scrooge

1913

Novel

6.8

A 1913 British black and white silent film based on the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It starred Seymour Hicks as Ebenezer Scrooge....

Little Dorrit

1913

Novel

A short adaption of the novel by Charles Dickens.

The Virtue of Rags

The Virtue of Rags

1912

Novel

A grouchy landlord discharges a kind-hearted rent collector for failing to collect the rent from an impoverished widow. After dreaming that he himself...

Oliver Twist

1912

Novel

1.0

An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their ...

Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers

1912

Story

Writing

A glimpse of the life of a few lodgers in a boarding house, focusing on the young couple Mr and Mrs Edison.

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1912

Novel

An orphan in early 19th century England escapes the poorhouse only to fall among a gang of pickpockets in London.

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

1912

Novel

5.8

With The Old Curiosity Shop and David Copperfield, both released in 1911, and Nicholas Nickleby in 1912, Thanhouser established itself as producer of ...

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

1911

Novel

Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood, Thanhouser rel...

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

1911

Novel

5.0

A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

1911

Story

Writing

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1910

Short Story

6.4
Writing

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1909

Novel

4.4

Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.

The Boy and the Convict

1909

Novel

5.0

A boy helps a convict to escape after meeting him at his mother's graveyard. The convict gets rich in Australia and when he returns is arrested again ...

The Cricket on the Hearth

The Cricket on the Hearth

1909

Short Story

3.6
Writing

After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with a much older man.

A Christmas Carol

1908

Novel

Scrooge goes into his office and begins working. His nephew, along with three women who wish for Scrooge to donate enter. However, Scrooge dismisses t...

The Death of Poor Joe

The Death of Poor Joe

1901

Book

3.7

A scene from Charles Dickens' Bleak House.

Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost

Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost

1901

Novel

5.6

Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth and...

Fagin

N/A

Characters

The story behind how Fagin became the king of the pickpockets. Said to be a musical.

Humbugged

Humbugged

N/A

Characters

In a world of zany souls and colorful spirit-creatures, Jacob Marley is missing out on the party. His chaffey chains and lingering bitterness from wor...

A Christmas Cop

A Christmas Cop

N/A

Novel

It's Christmas Eve in big city Chicago, and vigilante cop Nils Scroogesen is in no mood to celebrate -- and you can take that to the bank.

Oliver Twist

N/A

Novel

Disney's contemporary remake of 'Oliver Twist.'

Christmas on the North Pole Express

N/A

Novel

A woman named Cassidy rides a train to her small, home town, and explores her past, present, and future in different cars in the train.

A Christmas Carol

N/A

Novel

An old and evil businessman who doesn't believe in Christmas is haunted by three ghosts that show him the joy of Christmas.

Humbug

N/A

Novel

A contemporary telling of the story of Scrooge. When a wealthy real estate mogul will be visited by the three ghosts.

A Christmas Carol

N/A

Novel

A retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas ghost story.